CApacity Building in Asia for Resilience EducaTion (CABARET)
Project Director: Marlon DL. Era
Funding Agency: University of Huddersfield, UK / Erasmus+ Programme of European Union
The aim of the 36-month action project is to build capacity for international and regional cooperation between Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in Asia (region 6) and Europe, and among Asian HEIs themselves, to improve multi-hazard early warning (MHEW) and increase disaster resilience among coastal communities. In doing so, the project focuses on a subject area and a world region not sufficiently addressed by projects already being funded under previous schemes. CABARET will be empowering individuals and organisations with the skills, competencies and credentials needed to continue to pursue research, and to lead research at institutions in partner countries, aimed at reducing the impact of disasters. It will enhance the capacities of the partner HEIs in Asia to meet (match) the challenges and specific needs that characterize research and innovation within the context of disaster resilience.
Key words: multi-hazard early warning, disaster resilience, coastal communities, higher education institutes in Asia